In the final episode of The Big Bang Theory season 4, we witness Raj and Penny naked in Leonard’s bed, but the mystery remains – did they actually sleep together?
Did Penny and Raj sleep together in the 4th season of The Big Bang Theory? Obviously, the show was placing Leonard (Johnny Galecki) as Penny’s romantic lead, but this doesn’t mean they didn’t explore other characters.
Over the course of the sitcom, both of them were in separate relationships sandwiched between their own dating life. At one point, Leonard dated Raj’s sister, Priya (Arti Mann). Penny (Kaley Cuoco), on the other hand, had a fling with several other men, including Stuart (Kevin Sussman), but her strangest affair was definitely with Raj (Kunal Nayyar).
Unlike the other popular sitcom Friends, which featured the leading New York gang cross-dating each other, The Big Bang Theory’s characters were fairly trapped with their partners.
Howard (Simon Helberg) and Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) were the first to share wedding vows, followed by Leonard and Penny, and eventually Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik).
Fans are wondering to this day whether Raj and Penny slept together on The Big Bang Theory season 4 finale.
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Raj was the only one who never quite had a healthy love life over the years. And when he sought his father’s help to find a life partner, lots of things did not pan out the way he had hoped, making him the only single member at the end of the series. Had things worked out differently, Raj could have at least dated Penny properly.
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After their first major split, Leonard began dating Priya while, oddly, Penny opted to remain single. Although there was clear friction between the ladies, they didn’t talk about it, leading Leonard to spend less time with his mates and more with his girlfriend.
Back in the season 4 finale titled “The Roommate Transmogrification,” Raj briefly shifted to the Apartment 4A while his sister and boyfriend took over his home.
Initially, Raj, Sheldon, and Penny were staying in the living room, but ultimately the aloof genius would leave the pair, only for them to end up getting heavily drunk. The next thing the fans see, Raj and Penny wake up together in Leonard’s bed, both naked.
The assumption was that Penny slept with Raj, even though the show concluded the season with the cliffhanger, waiting for season 5 to shed light on the incident.
This had viewers wondering whether or not anything had happened between the two, but even when The Big Bang Theory premiered the next year, it didn’t disclose what had happened straight away.
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As a matter of fact, Sheldon and Leonard spent a fair amount of time pondering what transpired between Penny and Raj after they were caught sneaking out of the room in the morning.
At this point, she stated, “it’s not what it looks like,” with the reluctance to explain it, making the entire scene further complicated. So, did Penny and Raj actually get intimate with each other? Apparently not, but not because they didn’t intend to do so.
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— The Big Bang Theory (@bigbangtheory) April 3, 2017
Raj confirmed to Penny they “didn’t have sex in the conventional sense.” They were willing to go on with the action, but Raj had a hard time putting on protection; Penny’s attempts to help didn’t help at all because it forced Raj to stop before he had begun.
Since then, this incident was never touched on again in The Big Bang Theory; it makes perfect sense when you consider Penny and Leonard finally got back together and exchanged marital vows.
At the end of the series, it was announced the Hofstadter’s were expecting their first child together. As for Raj, he still hopes to find his soulmate sometime in the future.
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